Trotting-sulky



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Trotting Su'lk'y. No. 239,728. Patented April 5,1881;

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mgm BY INVENTOR 97T I, ATTORNEY N PETERS, PHDTO-LJTHOGRAFHER. WASHINGIOND C UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

HENRY CHAMPAGNE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TROTTlNG-SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,728, dated April 5,1881.

Application filed February 16, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY CHAMPAGNE, ofHartford, in the'county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improy'ement in Trotting-Sulkies, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, where Figure 1 is a plan View of a sulky bearingmy improvement. Fig. 2is a rear view of the same, with the bar whichjoins the rearend of the shafts represented as broken away.

The improvement is in the class of axlebraces and seat-stays forsulkies; and the improvement consists in two braces which, with theseat, form a system approaching that of an arch, the axle being thebase, which bars are strengthened midway of their'length by, and inreturn give support to, the rear cross-bar.

The letter a denotes the axle; b b, the shafts;

c c and d d, the usual braces from the axle to the shafts; c, the frontcross-bar; f, the rear cross-bar; g, the seat.

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The letters h h each denote a brace starting at the foot from the axlenear the inner end of the axle-arm-i. a, nearer the inner end of theaxle-arm than the center of the length of the axle-and running towardeach other as they rise till they reach the seat. Midway of theirlengththey each take hold of the rear cross-bar, giving it (nearly) verticalsupport and taking from it lateral support.

I claim as my improvement- Y In combination, the axle (a, the seat g,the braces h h, converging from the axle to the seat, and in theircourse taking hold of the rear cross-bar,f, all substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

I h HENRY CHAMPAGNE.

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Witnesses:

I. W. WILLIAMS, J. L. BARBOUR.

